Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 798 The Magnificent Daming Palace

  Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao left the palace, and Zhu Houzhao went to the other side to ride a horse.

   Several guards rushed over.

   It was Liu Jin who came to Fang Jifan hesitantly, looked back at Zhu Houzhao nervously, ate a succulent, chewed, and looked at Fang Jifan with some fear: "God..."

  Fang Jifan put his hands behind his back: "What?"

Liu Jin seemed to be instinctively afraid of Fang Jifan, and he didn't dare to chew jerky anymore, so he said cautiously: "Master, you want to build a new palace, so you don't need money, grandson here, there are sixty to seventy thousand taels... If the godfather is poor I can't eat porridge anymore..."

  Fang Jifan looked at Liu Jin suspiciously, and asked in surprise, "Where did you get so much money?"

   Sixty to seventy thousand taels is definitely not a small amount, and it is still usable cash.

  This grandson is now just a companion of the East Palace, and has not yet entered the Supervisor of Ceremonies. It can only be regarded as a promising future, but it is by no means that he has any power at hand.

  But this guy... has hidden so much money?

  Liu Jinqi said to Ai Ai: "Grandson... grandson... saved."

   It really is a big greed. This grandson has so much money in his current status. If it is true in the future, as in history, he becomes the **** who controls the ceremony and holds the pen. God knows how much money he will be greedy for.

too frightening.

  Fang Jifan looked at the pitiful and nervous Liu Jin. Couldn't help but said: "You have withheld a lot of money and food from the Eastern Palace, did you secretly take out the treasures in the Eastern Palace and sell them?"

   "No..." Liu Jin said: "No, they are all eunuchs in the palace, who came here with filial piety. They think that the grandson is a good person, and if there are any benefits, they will share with the grandson."

   Liu Jin hurriedly explained.

  Fang Jifan immediately understood.

   Future star.

   Those eunuchs in the palace who are up and down, don't want to curry favor with the famous people around the prince, after all, people have to find a way for their own future.

  These eunuchs seem to be very rich, but they don't know how much money that Xiao Jing... has hidden, Fang Jifan squinted his eyes, thinking to himself.

  Fang Jifan put his hands behind his back, and then said: "Oh, grandpa, I am not short of money now, no matter how much money is short, as long as my grandson has this heart."

Liu Jin breathed a sigh of relief, swallowed the jerky in one gulp, tears welled up in the corners of his eyes, and was about to cry: "The grandson was castrated by his parents, and from the moment he was sent to the palace, he has nothing to do with the family, until After gaining knowledge and studying with my godfather, I just realized that there is still such knowledge in the world. Scholars all say that it is okay to learn the Tao in the morning and die in the evening. Son, he treats grandson very well. Grandson is also a loving person. He has never had a family in his life. Now, after worshiping his father and godfather, he is dead set..."

   As he spoke, Liu Jin cried.

  Fang Jifan had no choice but to pinch his chubby face: "Okay, don't cry, don't cry, grandpa loves you too, what are you crying for?"

  Liu Jin immediately wiped away tears: "Master, grandson has gone to serve the prince."

   "Go, go." Fang Jifan waved his hand.

   Liu Jin just had to take a few steps.

  Fang Jifan thought of something.

   This grandson still needs to be educated.

  Since he really has such a heart, he has to act like a grandfather himself.

  Fang Jifan said: "Wait a minute."

  Liu Jin hurriedly stopped, looking at Fang Jifan cautiously.

  Fang Jifan sighed loudly: "Be more solemn in the future. After all, he is also my grandson. You are shameless. I, Fang Jifan, are still a respectable person. When talking to people in the future, don't keep stuffing things in your mouth. It's embarrassing."

   Liu Jin was silent for a long time, and said: "There is a reason for this."

   "What?" Fang Jifan was a little confused.

   Liu Jindao: "The grandson also felt bad. Later, he spent a lot of money and hired a fortune teller to do the calculation. People said that the grandson is short of five elements and needs to be replenished. This is a disease and needs to be cured!"

   "..."

   Seeing that he was serious about what he said, Fang Jifan was extremely suspicious that this guy had bought that damned fortune teller.

   Simply waved his hand: "Get out!"

   Liu Jin swished and chased after the prince.

  Fang Jifan took a long time to come back to his senses, what the fuck, this fortune teller is a bit too cruel.

  …

  The new palace has begun to rise slowly.

  The project is divided into five stages. Today, the first stage, apart from the moat and the palace walls, turrets, and towers of the Daming Palace, is the main building of the Daming Palace and the Longevity Garden.

  Under the guidance of the students according to the drawings, the craftsmen first built the frame of the main body with bricks, and then poured concrete. The concrete was mixed with wicker, which was very strong.

  The advantage of concrete is that it is not easy to seepage, and it is strong. Of course, the most important thing is to save money.

  Next, it is the leveling of the wall, painting and painting.

  The main hall does not need wooden beams.

  This thing is too expensive, you have to go to Yunnan and other places to find good wood, and then you have to transport it here, and the cost of it is no less than ten thousand taels of silver.

  Fang Jifan directly asked people to adopt stone pillars, which are beautiful, simple and generous.

The road inside is first rammed with gravel and rammed earth, and the diversion canals are dug on both sides. Above the diversion canals, empty concrete bricks are pasted. The roads are directly constructed with concrete, and then painted on top of the concrete A layer of asphalt.

   On the one hand, asphalt is extracted from coal. On the other hand, petroleum asphalt is not easy to extract, and there is no easy-to-extract oil near the capital. On the other hand, it is the direct mining of natural bitumen.

   After a layer of asphalt was applied, red paint was painted on top of the asphalt, and there were patterns such as longevity on the red paint.

  It is necessary to paint red paint. In this era, this is the best way to celebrate.

The trails in the garden are paved with anti-corrosion wood. Along the concrete main road, there will always be various trails. The weather in the capital is dry, so there must be water. The water for the moat is drawn from the Grand Canal , and then diverted water from the moat to dig out an artificial lake. The transplanted trees have already begun to be planted. The human way of painting is to communicate with the garden craftsmen first, and finally, to design a sketch, which place, what flowers and plants to arrange, where to have trees, and this tree should be rare and rare.

Ever since, the tree species and cultivated trees from the Golden Continent have come in handy. This thing is not available in the entire Ming Dynasty. You say it is precious or not. Fang Jifan said that it will be as much as the cost. If you are not convinced, you find it One?

  Not only that, the Frangji people also offered suggestions for this garden. According to the local conditions and customs of Frangji, they proposed to plant trees on both sides of the road, which can not only prevent wind, but also add a bit of privacy.

  The servant of the Ministry of Industry came here to inspect. After looking at it, especially when stepping on the anti-corrosion wood, although the surrounding area is still bare, and the garden has not really started to be built, he also feels that it is quite rare.

  This Daming Palace, because of Fang Jifan, has attracted the attention of many people.

   After all, such a prodigal son is rare in the world.

  In the past, when the emperor wanted to build a palace, he used the power of the whole world, but Fang Jifan actually did it all by himself.

  Some people still stubbornly think that this project must have shrunk, and some people think that perhaps, Captain Fang has not shrunk, but is just a little silly.

   This kind of controversy raged for a while, so that many people came here to watch from a distance.

Seeing the countless craftsmen busy, several miles away, many workshops for the construction of the Daming Palace have also risen on the ground, and there are even chimneys emitting white smoke. Shrunk, Fang Jifan suffered from brain disease.

  How much will such a large project cost?

   It's just... Anyway, Fang Jifan took the money, and it has nothing to do with others. Except for Fang Jifan's father, everyone felt sorry for Fang Jifan's father, and the son of the other captain expressed sympathy, but no one dared to point out the thorn.

   But at this time, the envoys of Manchuria and Canada have arrived in the capital.

The country of Manjaka was defeated by the Franji people a few years ago. Afterwards, the Franji people took the seal of the country and pretended to be the envoy of Manjaka. A month ago, he arrived at the Shipping Department of Guangzhou City and asked for tribute.

   This huge team obviously came prepared.

  They brought a lot of tributes, hoping that, as the country of Manlaga, they would establish business relations with Ming Dynasty in the form of tribute, and at the same time, explore the reality of the Ming Empire.

  The envoy had just arrived at Honglu Temple to stay, and then submitted the letter of credence, waiting for the Ming Emperor's message.

The envoys seemed very restless, they didn't want to stay in Honglu Temple honestly, many people began to appear in the neighborhood of the capital, and even many people tried their best to go to the vicinity of the capital camp to inquire .

  They not only showed great curiosity about this Eastern Empire, but at the same time, they hoped to find out the strength of Ming Dynasty through this.

  At this time, Wang Xizuo, who was building a ship in Ningbo, was also called to Beijing.

  In Xishan Zhenguo Mansion, Fang Jifan directly put a dagger in front of Wang Xizuo.

  Wang Xizuo was scared to pee.

  Two years of shipbuilding work made him understand a fact.

   In Daming, there is one person who cannot be provoked.

  Fang Jifan played with the dagger in his hand, tilted his feet, and said with emotion: "Can you speak Chinese?"

   "Yes." Wang Xizuo nodded without saying a word.

  Fang Jifan said: "Here, live a good life."

   "Blessings of the captain." Wang Xizuo showed a flattering smile.

  Fang Jifan said: "Your name is Wang Xizuo, do you know what this name means?"

  Wang Xizuo said indignantly, "I know."

   "Then, do you know how we, Fang Jifan, treat Xi Zuo?"

  Wang Xizuo was about to cry: "No... I don't know."

  Fang Jifan said: "I usually like to **** them, and then give him a hundred women."

   "..." Wang Xizuo hurriedly said: "Little man, the villain has changed. Now the villain is building ships for the captain, and he has no second thoughts. If the captain doesn't believe it, you can go ask."

  (end of this chapter)